Poetry for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry / Volume 13 : Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by David Kelly. - 1 online resource (xx, 296 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-7019."

Includes bibliographies and index.

An African elegy / Robert Duncan -- Birches / Robert Frost -- Blood oranges / Lisel Mueller -- Cavalry crossing a ford / Walt Whitman -- The conquerors / Phyllis McGinley -- Darwin in 1881 / Gjertrud Schnackenberg -- Daylights / Rosanna Warren -- For the White poets who would be Indian / Wendy Rose -- I felt a funeral, in my brain / Emily Dickinson -- i was sitting in mcsorley's / e. e. cummings -- The idea of order at Key West / Wallace Stevens -- Leda and the swan / William Butler Yeats -- The song of the smoke / W. E. B. Du Bois -- To his excellency General Washington / Phillis Wheatley -- To the virgins, to make much of time / Robert Herrick -- We live by what we see at night / Martin Espada.

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.



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Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-1988. African elegy.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Birches.
Mueller, Lisel. Blood oranges.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Cavalry crossing a ford.
McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Conquerors.
Schnackenberg, Gjertrud. Darwin in 1881.
Warren, Rosanna. Daylights.
Rose, Wendy. For the White poets who would be Indian.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. I felt a funeral, in my brain.
Cummings, E. E. 1894-1962. I was sitting in mcsorley's.
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Idea of order at Key West.
Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939. Leda and the swan.
Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963. Song of the smoke.
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. To his excellency General Washington.
Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. To the virgins, to make much of time.
Espada, Martin, 1957- We live by what we see at night.


Poetry--Study and teaching.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern--20th century.

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